Forge

WE CAPTURE A LOT of our lives in digital form. Diners take photos of the food and send it up to Instagram. Friends share their vacations in realtime on Facebook. News is disseminated through the 140 characters on Twitter. But what about our time playing video games? How do gamers keep and share those moments?

Although Twitch is the de facto way people stream their gameplay sessions, there could be room for another way to share video game moments. Two companies are pushing a solution for this. One is Plays.tv, which has been around for more than a year. It’s focused on being akin to the Instagram for games. Forge, which is announcing its public beta today, is the other.

Like Plays.tv, Forge isn’t trying to draw gamers who marathon titles and become big stars with fan bases. It isn’t trying to create channels where viewers sit down and watch them play. For CEO Jared Kim and his team, the idea behind Forge is more intimate and broader. He wants to create a site where players can capture interesting video clips and share them with friends.Continue Reading →